Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to illa
low-code opensource tool for developers to build product
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. illa launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HNs: This is Vincent from the ILLA team. I'm sure you guys see tons of "Open-source" and "Alternative to Retool" these days. I won't deny Retool is a great product, and so are many open-source competitors such as Appsmith, Budibase, Tooljet etc. However, what makes ILLA so special? What advantages does ILLA have that allow users to choose ILLA instead of others? Well, I would like to answer those questions to all folks at HN one by one. First, we are similar to Retool, or Appsmith but we have many different our own features. We are a true open-source project all the folks here can check…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents. - e2b-dev/E2B
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Low-code platform allows you to build business apps, enables you to quickly create internal tools such as dashboard, crud app, admin panel, crm, cms, etc. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, GraphQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, Rest API, Hugging Face, Redis, etc. Automate workflows with schedule or webhook. O
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Digma.ai▲428See what your code is doing wrong, as you code, in the IDE
2023 · digma.ai · its alternatives →
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ToolJet 3.0▲598ToolJet helps you build enterprise apps, AI agents and workflows in minutes, not months. Create secure internal apps that are enterprise ready and SOC2, GDPR and ISO compliant.
2024 · tooljet.com · its alternatives →
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Instruct▲554Connect apps, describe the job, then automate your work
2025 · instruct.ai · its alternatives →
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What the Alan platform is, why it exists, and how a model replaces the code of a data-intensive application.
2018 · alan-platform.com · its alternatives →
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Agenta▲362Open-source prompt management & evals for AI teams
Nov 2025 · agenta.ai · its alternatives →
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LLMWare▲358Dev tool to make AI apps to deploy privately or locally
2024 · llmware.ai · its alternatives →
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AI workflows for streamlined software development lifecycle
2024 · fine.dev · its alternatives →
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NoCode Portal▲230A resource for no-code/low-code development
2020 · nocodeportal.com · its alternatives →
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Complete AI Platform: RAG Systems & Intelligent Agents for Local AI
2025 · rlama.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, We are Sandeep and Naresh, the creators of Aide. We are happy to open source and invite the community to try out Aide which is a VSCode fork built with LLMs integrated. To talk through the features, we engineered the following: - A proactive agent Agent which iterates on the linter errors (powered by the Language Server) and pulls in relevant context by doing go-to-definitions, go-to-references etc and propose fixes or ask for more files which might be missing in the context. - Developer control We encourage you to do edits on top of your coding sessions. To enable this, we built a…
2024 · aide.dev · its alternatives →
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The next generation of Infrastructure-as-Code. Work with high-level constructs instead of getting lost in low-level cloud configuration. - run-x/opta
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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illumi▲105AI visual workspace that takes you from thinking to delivery
Apr 2026 · illumi.one · its alternatives →
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